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We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「甘心首疾」, with its explanation below.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「甘心首疾」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

Willing: willing, happy; head: head; disease: illness, extended to mean pain. I’m willing to do it even if it gives me a headache. Describes the infatuated love between a man and a woman who miss each other.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gān xīn shǒu jí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gam1 sam1 sau2 jat6

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